Assignment
redraw the echo hello-world board,
add (at least) a button and LED (with current-limiting resistor)
check the design rules, and make it
extra credit: simulate its operation
check out the assignment guidelines at academy.cba.mit.edu
Designing an electronics board is a great opportunity to really understand electronics in depth. For this assignment we used EAGLE & Gimp. You can download a free copy of both from their websites.
Working on EAGLE at the beginning is hard to get used to coming from a graphic designers backgroundEAGLE files
Exporting the board from EAGLE for the milling machine
Setting up the milling machine to mill the PCB board
Protecting the drill bit from breaking with a cap is super important before unscrewing the piece out of the milling machine head
Exported the list of components from EAGLE & checking for the right components
List of components, ready to solder!
Soldering the board! Ready to program!
Just for practice I created two boards!